Pros
- The hours are flexible (can come and go as needed, so long as you're working your hours and getting everything done) - I have a lot a autonomy in the job that you don't necessarily get at an RD elsewhere - Coworkers are great for the most part - Good opportunities to build relationships with patients - Company RD meetings provide most of your required CEUs for maintaining your registration, and drug reps provide the rest - Recent changes to quality improvement metrics reflect a more appropriate focus on patient care rather than lab metrics
Cons
- Tend to overload their staff in general. For example, when I started with the company, full time for RDs was considered 100 patients, and now it's 120 - The company rolls out a ton of "initiatives" aimed at improving patient care without taking into account the extra time required to actually carry out these initiatives in a clinic - Bonuses have historically been based on patient outcomes, many of which you may not be able to directly influence despite best efforts